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In the high voice of the collarmen, Roland watched with satisfaction as the second cement boat also slipped into the water.

These two cement ships seem to be simple in structure, and in fact have made great progress compared to the original small town.

Its interior has been added to its interior for the first time, and the cement quality has also improved a lot, and the overall strength is several times higher than that of the town number.

And in order to speed up the construction speed, Roland in the design of the hull on the installation of the steam engine, transmission mechanism and the card slot and interface of the Ming wheel, when the time as long as the corresponding fixed plug-in on these metal parts can be quickly spliced, installed like a glued model.

At the same time, the template has also changed from a temporary patchwork of masonry to an iron mold, which can not only ensure the tightness of the concrete, but also improve its waterproof performance, but also achieves the basic same as each ship, so as to avoid deviation when installing the power system.In order to get a complete template shape, he scrapped at least seven or eight experimental products - good news that cement is no longer a scarce product, from grinding stone to mixing into the kiln, all replaced by the steam engine to human work, which can be described as an industrial project that can be mass-produced without the power of the border.

With sufficient materials, reliable templates and skilled workers, only cement is hardening the speed of cement that restricts hull production.However, under the accelerated reaction capability of white paper, it takes only one or two days for a cement ship to be placed in a single day, in other words, as long as Roland wants, the shipyard can fully do two or three days to launch a whiteboard ship.

If the steam engine manufacturing speed and crew training can keep up, he can have a huge shipping fleet in a short period of time, so that the whole red water river is full of local cement boats, and the legendary dumplings are not the same.

This is the charm of industry.

Now that the hull has become, the next job is to install power components, these machinery and equipment and the windy moon Bay Chamber of Commerce's modified ships are basically the same, the craftsmen have had practical experience, so he is not worried about this.

“I don’t understand, why are you telling this to the people?”The Nightinge asked.

“To promote national power.”Roland smiled.

“Ah?”

"I mean, witness the transformation of the town."He touched his chin and said, "Before you have not seen the town, I am afraid you will not expect the stone boat to float on the water."The same is true of the people’s ideas, and when the impossible comes to pass, their sense of identity with the town becomes higher and higher – and this rise in mentality is all-round, and may even evolve into nothing they can’t do.”

“Not... very understanding.”The Nightingou’s voice was doubtful.

“You understand it as a means of propaganda.”Roland laughed.In this era, the days of the nobles and the people's celebration are only when the celebration or major events occur, but the two are basically related to the nobles, if it is not free to distribute porridge water, the participation of the people is not high.Cement boats are the result of a collective collaboration of hundreds of workers, who are part of the festival.

In addition, as a member of the territory, after seeing the miracle of the continuous output of the territory, the sense of self-confidence and identity will gradually increase, which is the so-called "great power mentality" in the future, the strength of a territory, will inevitably make the mentality of the people to change positively.

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A week later, Roland met with more than two dozen residents applying for the post of captain in the castle hall.

At first, when Barov reported the number of people, he was surprised, did not expect that there were so many "high-end talents" among the refugees in the town, and until they looked at the detailed report, they were dumb and laughing - there were many fishermen who operated rafts and small fishing boats, and even boaters who made their lives on ferry.In a sense, they do have a “captain” experience.

Among all the recruiters, only three people with inland dhow experience in the operation of inland water sloops, one of them also claimed to have served as a merchant fleet commander and lived at sea for a long time.

Roland thought about it and finally decided to recruit all the more than 20 people.

Because steamboats and wind sailing ships are completely different systems, they are very different in operation, and even experienced old captains may not be able to quickly start steam ships.In addition, they have no knowledge of the matter of sailing, rather than blind command, it is better to let them learn by themselves.

Since starting from scratch, you must have the determination and courage to explore.

"I have seen the experience of your declaration," Roland swept across the hall on one knee, "to-day you gathered to inform you that you have passed the first audit, and gloriously became the first trainee captain in the border town."Stand up.”

"Yes . . . your Highness," the crowd got up carefully, looking at each other, looking rather puzzled by the word "internship captain."

The prince explained: "Internship means that it is not an informal position, before the real boarding, you only have half the salary on the notice, that is, ten silver wolves a month."The first two months are a learning period where you will be familiar with the performance, operation methods and operation of the new vessel.The third month is a trial run, used to check your mastery ability, after being qualified to be promoted to the official captain, the salary will also be paid in full.Those who do not accept it can leave now.”

After a while, an old man suddenly said, "Dear Highness, who will teach us, and who will examine the qualifications for promotion?"

Roland looked at each other with great interest, and he should be the command of the self-proclaimed experienced fleet, as if Kakusim had come.If he remembers correctly, he was a relative of the police officer who performed well in an assassination case more than two months ago.It can be seen from the old man's tone that he did not think anyone could teach himself to sail the ship—indeed, it was not.

“The teachers are you.”The prince nodded his head.

This caused a stir in the crowd.

“Your Highness, what does this mean?”Kakusim asked incredulously.

“How much do you know about the steam engine?”Roland asked.Unsurprisingly, no one can answer, "the steamship is such a ship in a new sense, the past experience does not have much effect, so only rely on you to explore and summarize."Of course, I will also send craftsmen from the steam engine factory to help you familiarize yourself with the machine."He paused, “and the investigation is very simple, and it is qualified to take a group of sailors to get the ship moving and complete a transport task.”

Although the statement "ten years of the army, a hundred years of the Navy" is exaggerated, it also shows that the formation of the Navy is not easy.If this group of personnel can master the operation mode of the steam ship, it will inevitably train a large number of suitable crews for the western country in the future.When the steam-powered shallow-water gunboat is built, it can be used directly.

He wondered what kind of army would eventually form when civilian crew and artillery joined together.

(Unfinished).